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distressed to remember the names of the 
many dear friends whom, for lack of time, 
he was forced to leave in the undesirable 
class ‘‘and others.”’ 
Those whom he had known during the 
first years of association with the academy 
were nearly all dead. The old building, 
if it still existed, would be full of ghosts 
and even in the present halls, in the dusk 
of the winter days, dear shades encountered 
him in the alcoves and passageways and 
reminded him of the time when he too 
should be a tradition. 
In conclusion he remarked: 
But in the meantime it is with feelings of pro- 
found gratitude that I bear testimony to the 
kindly patience and sustaining encouragement of 
those who are still with me and who impart to the 
performance of the daily task much pleasure and 
little or no pain. 
For obvious reasons I can not deal in person- 
alities in the case of my living contemporaries, but 
I am at liberty to say that they are worthily 
taking the place of those who have labored so 
loyally for the advancement of the academy and 
who, we are not forbidden by the highest reason 
to hope, are now rejoicing in this splendid com- 
memoration of their labors. Had they lived when 
men cherished the same truths under different 
formule their motto would have been Ad majorem 
Dei gloriam. 
May the men who come after us be as zealous 
and as disinterested in the development of truth 
as those whom I have been so ineffectually remem- 
bering to-night, so that when the second centenary 
is celebrated it also may be the subject of con- 
gratulation for a like gathering of kindly and 
appreciative friends. 
Nominations for membership were read, 
the elections of those formerly proposed 
being deferred until the next meeting. 
The rough minutes were then read for 
criticism and approval, as had been the 
custom for nearly one hundred years, the 
secretary explaining that he had complied 
with the directions of Dr. Mann and dated 
the record as having been made in the 
137th Year of the United States. No cor- 
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rections being called for, they were adopted 
as read and the meeting adjourned until 
the following morning at 10 o’clock. 
Wednesday morning, March 20. The 
day was sparkling, bright and genial and 
the hall was filled with delegates, members 
and visitors when Dr. Dixon dropped the 
gavel at 10 o’clock. The following papers, 
most of which were résumés of communi- 
cations presented for publication in the 
commemorative volume, were then read: 
Edwin G. Conklin, Ph.D.: ‘‘Experimental 
Studies on Nuclear and Cell Division.’’ 
Carlotta-J. Maury, Ph.D.: ‘‘A Contribution to 
the Paleontology of Trinidad.’’ The memoir will 
be illustrated with superb drawings of fossils from 
the accomplished pen of Professor Gilbert D. 
Harris, of Cornell University. 
W. J. Holland, Ph.D.: ‘‘David Alter, the First 
Discoverer of Spectrum Analysis,’’ with exhibition 
of the prism used by him. 
John W. Harshberger, Ph.D.: ‘‘The Vegetation 
of the Banana Holes of Florida,’’ well illustrated 
by lantern views. 
Frederick W. True, M.S., LL.D.: 
Species of Delphinodon.’’ 
Henry H. Donaldson, Se.D., Ph.D.: ‘‘The His- 
tory and Zoological Position of the Albino Rat.’’ 
Edward B. Meigs, M.D.: ‘‘The Ash of Smooth 
Muscle. ’’ 
Marshall Avery Howe, Ph.D.: ‘‘Reef-building 
and Land-forming Seaweeds,’’ illustrated by views 
and specimens. 
‘CA New 
At the conclusion of Dr. Howe’s paper 
the audience adjourned to the new geolog- 
ical hall—the old library hall transformed 
—where a liberal luncheon was enjoyed. 
The meeting reassembled at 2:30 P.m., 
when Benjamin Smith Lyman read a paper 
on ‘‘Natural History Morality.’’ It was 
followed by the following: 
Jacques Loeb, M.D., Ph.D.: ‘‘Experiments on 
Adaptation of Animals to Higher Temperatures. ’’ 
Henry Skinner, M.D., Se.D.: ‘‘Mimicry in But- 
terflies.’? 
Spencer Trotter, M.D.: ‘‘The Faunal Divisions 
of Eastern North America in Relation to Vegeta- 
tion.’” 
